Western Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

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Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii, also known as coast Douglas-fir, Oregon pine, or Douglas spruce, is an evergreen conifer native to western North America from west-central British Columbia, Canada southward to central California, United States. In Oregon and Washington its range is continuous from the Cascades crest west to the Pacific Coast Ranges and Pacific Ocean. In California, it is found in the Klamath and California Coast Ranges as far south as the Santa Lucia Mountains with a small stand as far south as the Purisima Hills, Santa Barbara County. In the Sierra Nevada it ranges as far south as the Yosemite region. It occurs from near sea level along the coast to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) in the California Mountains. Further inland, coast Douglas-fir is replaced by Rocky Mountain or interior Douglas-fir (P. menziesii var. glauca). Interior Douglas-fir intergrades with coast Douglas-fir in the Cascades of northern Washington and southern British Columbia. Coast Douglas-fir is currently the second-tallest conifer in the world (after coast redwood), and the third-tallest of all trees (after that and Eucalyptus regnans). Currently, coast Douglas-fir trees 60-75 metres (197-246 ft) or more in height and 1. 5-2 metres (4. 9-6. 6 ft) in diameter are common in old growth stands, and maximum heights of 100-120 metres (330-390 ft) and diameters up to 4. 5-6 metres (15-20 ft) have been documented. The tallest living specimen is the "Doerner Fir", (previously known as the Brummit fir), 99. 76 m (327. 3 ft) tall, at East Fork Brummit Creek in Coos County, Oregon, the stoutest is the "Queets Fir", 4. 85 m (15. 9 ft) diameter, in the Queets River valley, Olympic National Park, Washington. Coast Douglas-fir commonly lives more than 500 years and occasionally more than 1,000 years.

Plant Description

Plant Type

Tree

Size

196.9 - 246.1 ft tall

Dormancy

Evergreen

Wildlife Supported

Butterflies & moths hosted ( 86 likely * ) SHOW ALL

Pine White Neophasia menapiaNeophasia menapia

Western Pine Elfin Callophrys eryphonCallophrys eryphon

White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata

Ceanothus Silkmoth Hyalophora euryalusHyalophora euryalus

Brown-lined Looper Neoalcis californiariaNeoalcis californiaria

Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth Orthosia hibisciOrthosia hibisci

Western Bruce Spanworm Operophtera occidentalisOperophtera occidentalis

Landscaping Information

Sun

Part Shade

Nurseries

Carried by 1

Ease of Care

Moderately Easy

Sunset Zones?

2, 3, 4*, 5*, 6*, 7, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*

Natural Setting

Climate

Annual Precipitation: 5.2" - 154.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.20" - 6.04", Coldest Month: 27.8" - 51.4", Hottest Month: 48.9" - 80.8", Humidity: 0.01" - 25.82", Elevation: 9" - 10194"

Alternative Names

Common Names: Douglas-spruce, False Hemlock, Oregon Pine, Red-fir, Western Douglas-fir

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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links: Jepson eFlora Taxon Page CalPhotos Wikipedia Calflora

Western Douglas Fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

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Western Douglas Fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii